NATIONAL Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Jangyodsuk said today (August 6) before flying to Phuket with a team of senior police officers to investigate the death of a Swiss woman tourist believed to have been raped and murdered that there are no surveillance cameras anywhere near the waterfall where her body was found, Voice TV
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PM orders all agencies to help out as another homeless man is found dead
PRIOR to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announcing this morning (July 22) that all government agencies have to help take coronavirus patients to a hospital for treatment and they must not be seen wandering on the streets, a homeless man was found dead in Sukhumvit Soi 20, Sanook.com and Thai Rath newspaper said. At 7
Read moreDaily Covid count soars to 13,002 cases as 3 roadside bodies collected late
THE coronavirus tally in the last 24 hours to this morning (July 21) climbed to a new high of 13,002 cases and 108 deaths amid sorrow in Thai social media over the dead bodies of three men being left along Bangkok’s roads for hours before there were collected, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry said
Read moreRescuer in tears as one of two kittens dies
THE administrator of a cat-lovers Tik Tok page who rescued two kittens badly injured after being mauled by a bigger animal sadly informed netizens who have been keenly following their progress with many of them also giving donations that one of them died early this morning (June 5), Sanook.com said. Both the kittens, rescued separately
Read moreSuspect in toddler murder case freed on bail
IN a case that has rivetted the country, the suspect in the murder of a toddler who disappeared in Mukdahan province on May 11 last year with her naked body found three days later at a nearby forest, was freed on bail at 5 p.m. today (June 4), Thai Rath newspaper said. Mukdahan Provincial
Read moreElderly Brition dies of coronavirus in Hua Hin
AMONG the three Covid-19 fatalities reported in Prachuap Khiri Khan province today (April 30) is a 92-year-old Briton who died the same day he was admitted to hospital, TV Channel 7 said. Dr. Suriya Kuharat, the provincial health doctor, said there were 11 new coronavirus cases in his province today, adding up to 1,075 people
Read morePrince Philip’s funeral will be low key as Covid-19 changes funeral plans
By Laura Smith-Spark, CNN, published by MSN News GUN salutes took place across the United Kingdom and in Commonwealth countries today (April 10) in tribute to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband for more than seven decades, who died on Friday at the age of 99. Tributes have flooded in from the UK and abroad
Read morePrince Philip, husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99
By NBC News London — Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband and the longest-serving consort of any British monarch, has died at age 99. A statement posted on the royal family’s website this morning (April 9) said: “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen announces the death of her beloved husband, His
Read more4 volunteers, one resident dead in collapse of fire-gutted house
FOUR Disaster Prevention and Mitigation volunteers and one resident died in the collapse of the fire-hit house in Soi Anyamanee at Bangkok’s Thawi Wattana district early this morning (April 3) with the body of one of the volunteers having been brought out and work underway to rescue the other four bodies, Thai Rath newspaper
Read moreAt least 3 dead, many trapped after fire guts house in luxury estate
AN early morning fire at a three-storey house in a luxury estate in Thawi Wattana district caused the structure to collapse killing at least three persons, one a resident and two volunteer firefighters, with many more of the latter trapped in the rubble, Sanook.com said today (April 3). Volunteer firefighters bravely went into the
Read moreMyanmar protests: Two persons shot dead by soldiers, police
By Myanmar Now and Dw.com AT LEAST two people were killed and six were injured as police and soldiers used live ammunition while attacking peaceful protesters in Mandalay this afternoon (Feb. 20). Hundreds rallied at the Yadanarbon shipyard to support workers from the Inland Water Transport Department who were facing pressure from authorities to return
Read moreInside job likely in killing of army officer at camp
AN army officer was shot dead at a military camp in Nakhon Phanom with police believing it was an inside job with personal issues, possibly a love affair, rather than conflict at work leading to his death, Sanook.com reported today (Feb. 11). Lt Rung Chalerm, 34, was shot dead at 7.30 p.m. last evening within
Read moreCovid stranded American man found dead in hotel room
AN American man who had been stranded in Krabi since March last year due to the coronavirus pandemic was found dead in his hotel room today (Jan. 20) with alcohol poisoning suspected to have caused his death, Thai Rath newspaper reported this afternoon (Jan. 20, 2021). Pol. Maj. Boonsong Longwaree, an investigator at Krabi police
Read moreEx-provincial council member dies in car crash
A SEDAN driven by a former Provincial Administration Council member in Sukhothai province who was on his way to meet his girlfriend in the dead night burst into flames after slamming into a roadside tree killing him on the spot, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Dec. 30, 2020). Mr. Siraphop Limpapan, or Sor Jor Diao,
Read morePierre Cardin, ground-breaking fashion designer, dies at 98
By Martin Steinberg, CNBC PIERRE Cardin, who during his more than seven decades in fashion brought geometric shapes to haute couture and put his name on everything from clothing to furniture to perfume to pens, died Tuesday. He was 98. His death was announced by composer Laurent Petitgirard, perpetual secretary of the French Academy of
Read moreHospital director shot dead at his clinic in Phetchaburi city
A MAN who came in as a patient shot dead the director of King Mongkut Memorial Hospital (Phra Chom Klao Hospital) at his clinic in Phetchaburi city at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 19), Sanook.com reported. The killer, who had driven up in a white sedan, went into the clinic and was examined by Dr. Chumpol.
Read moreArgentines bid farewell to Maradona as nation mourns flawed hero
By Reuters staff and published by US News Buenos Aires: Argentines lined up in the streets of Buenos Aires today (Nov. 26) to say goodbye to soccer great Diego Maradona, whose casket lay in state at the Casa Rosada presidential palace draped in an Argentine flag and his famous no. 10 shirt. Maradona, Argentina’s favorite
Read moreFish dying in badly polluted Central Plain canal
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PART OF A MAJOR canal in a Central Plain area is being critically polluted with blackish, odorous water, killing fish raised in submerged cages. Authorities are yet to find out about the polluted water which has been allegedly released into a drainage waterway which is connected with Raphiphat canal in Nong
Read moreHunted drug runner shot dead in gunfight with police
A DRUG TRAFFICKER who had been on the run for three days after he shot and critically injured an undercover police officer in Nakhon Ratchasima province upon realizing he had fallen into a trap was shot dead in a gunfight with a police team today (August 1), Naewna newspaper reported. National Police Chief Pol. Gen.
Read moreDaughter shocked to find dad dead with unknown woman
A 70-YEAR-OLD man and a younger woman were found to have committed suicide together in a rented room in Chon Buri city this morning (June 26) and the man’s daughter told police she does not know who this woman is nor does she dare tell her mother what has happened, Sanook.com reported. Pol Capt Natthirut
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